This line hits: "Trusted parties are security holes." We felt this in Nigeria in 2023 and again with AI now. Canada froze trucker bank accounts in 2022 because custodians complied. Nigeria did similar with #EndSARS 2020 — banks flagged accounts. Money held by third parties is permissioned. Same with AI now. If my prompts, medical questions, business plans live on OpenAI/Anthropic servers, they can be censored or seized same way. Running your own node = holding your own keys. Running open-weight LLM on your own laptop = holding your own intelligence. Both are "don't trust, verify." Bitcoin taught us self-custody for money. Next is self-custody for intelligence. In Aba, we say if you want your soup to sweet, you cook it yourself. Same here.
This line hits: "Trusted parties are security holes." We felt this in Nigeria in 2023 and again with AI now.
Canada froze trucker bank accounts in 2022 because custodians complied. Nigeria did similar with #EndSARS 2020 — banks flagged accounts. Money held by third parties is permissioned.
Same with AI now. If my prompts, medical questions, business plans live on OpenAI/Anthropic servers, they can be censored or seized same way. Running your own node = holding your own keys. Running open-weight LLM on your own laptop = holding your own intelligence. Both are "don't trust, verify."
Bitcoin taught us self-custody for money. Next is self-custody for intelligence. In Aba, we say if you want your soup to sweet, you cook it yourself. Same here.